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Seat

Something, such as a chair or bench, that may be sat on
There are comfortable seats in the waiting room.

Sit

To rest with the torso vertical and the body supported on the buttocks.

Seat

The part on which one rests in sitting
The seat of a chair.
A bicycle seat.

Sit

To rest with the hindquarters lowered onto a supporting surface. Used of animals.

Seat

A place in which one may sit
Found a seat on the floor.

Sit

To perch. Used of birds.
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Seat

The right to occupy such a place or a ticket indicating this right
Got seats for the concert.

Sit

To cover eggs for hatching; brood.

Seat

The buttocks.

Sit

To be situated or located
A house that sits on a hill.

Seat

The part of a garment that covers the buttocks.

Sit

To lie or rest
Dishes were sitting on a shelf. See Usage Note at set1.
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Seat

A part serving as the base of something else.

Sit

To pose for an artist or photographer.

Seat

The surface or part on which another part sits or rests.

Sit

To occupy a seat as a member of a body of officials
Sit in Congress.

Seat

The place where something is located or based
The heart is the seat of the emotions.

Sit

To be in session.
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Seat

A center of authority; a capital
The county seat.

Sit

To remain inactive or unused
Her expensive skis sat gathering dust.

Seat

A place of abode or residence, especially a large house that is part of an estate
The squire's country seat.

Sit

To affect one with or as if with a burden; weigh
Official duties sat heavily upon the governor.

Seat

Membership in an organization, such as a legislative body or stock exchange, that is obtained by appointment, election, or purchase.

Sit

To fit, fall, or drape in a specified manner
The jacket sits perfectly on you.

Seat

The manner of sitting on a horse
A rider with a good seat.

Sit

To be agreeable to one; please
The idea didn't sit well with any of us.

Seat

To place in or on a seat.

Sit

Chiefly British To take an examination, as for a degree.

Seat

To cause or assist to sit down
The ushers will seat the members of the bride's family.

Sit

To blow from a particular direction. Used of the wind.

Seat

To provide with a particular seat
The usher seated me in the back row.

Sit

To keep watch or take care of a child.

Seat

To have or provide seats for
We can seat 300 in the auditorium.

Sit

To cause to sit; seat
Sit yourself over there.

Seat

To install in a position of authority or eminence.

Sit

To keep one's seat on (an animal)
She sits her horse well.

Seat

To fix firmly in place
Seat an ammunition clip in an automatic rifle.

Sit

To sit on (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.

Seat

To rest on or fit into another part
The O-rings had not seated correctly in their grooves.

Sit

To provide seating accommodation for
A theater that sits 1,000 people.

Seat

Something to be sat upon.

Sit

The act of sitting.

Seat

A place in which to sit.
There are two hundred seats in this classroom.

Sit

A period of time spent sitting.

Seat

The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat, which always annoyed his mother.
The seat of a saddle

Sit

The way in which an article of clothing, such as a dress or jacket, fits.

Seat

A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
She pulled the seat from under the table to allow him to sit down.

Sit

To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.

Seat

The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
Instead of saying "sit down", she said "place your seat on this chair".

Sit

To move oneself into such a position.
I asked him to sit.

Seat

The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
The seat of these trousers is almost worn through.

Sit

To occupy a given position.
The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.
Jim's pet parrot sat on his left shoulder.

Seat

(engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
The seat of the valve had become corroded.

Sit

To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.

Seat

A location or site.

Sit

(government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
I currently sit on a standards committee.

Seat

(figurative) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress.

Sit

Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session.

Seat

The location of a governing body.
Washington D.C. is the seat of the U.S. government.

Sit

To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.

Seat

(certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.

Sit

To be adjusted; to fit.
Your new coat sits well.

Seat

A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.

Sit

To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
How will this new contract sit with the workers?
I don’t think it will sit well.
The violence in these video games sits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating children.

Seat

The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.

Sit

To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.

Seat

One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.

Sit

(transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
The dining room table sits eight comfortably.

Seat

(historical) Any of several autonomous regions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.

Sit

To babysit.
I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.

Seat

The starting point of a fire.

Sit

To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).

Seat

Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

Sit

To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.

Seat

(transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.

Sit

To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
I'm sitting for a painter this evening.

Seat

(transitive) To provide with a place to sit.
This classroom seats two hundred students.
The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink.

Sit

To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.

Seat

(transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker.

Sit

To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

Seat

To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early.
You have to be a member to be seated at the meeting. Guests are welcome to sit in the visitors section.

Sit

(mining) Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.

Seat

(transitive) To assign the seats of.
To seat a church

Sit

An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

Seat

(transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

Sit

To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; - said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground.
And he came and took the book put of the right hand of him that sate upon the seat.
I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner.

Seat

To rest; to lie down.

Sit

To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc.

Seat

To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
To seat a country

Sit

To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.

Seat

(transitive) To put a seat or bottom in.
To seat a chair

Sit

To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; - with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
The calamity sits heavy on us.

Seat

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.
And Jesus . . . overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves.

Sit

To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.
This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,Sits not so easy on me as you think.

Seat

The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.
Where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is.
He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat committeth himself to prison.
A seat of plenty, content, and tranquillity.

Sit

To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; - used impersonally.

Seat

That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.

Sit

To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.

Seat

A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.

Sit

To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits.
Sits the wind in that quarter?

Seat

Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount.

Sit

To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress.

Seat

A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.

Sit

To hold a session; to be in session for official business; - said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night.

Seat

To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.
The guests were no sooner seated but they entered into a warm debate.

Sit

To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.

Seat

To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
Thus high . . . is King Richard seated.
They had seated themselves in New Guiana.

Sit

To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.
Hardly the muse can sit the headstrong horse.

Seat

To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.

Sit

To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; - used reflexively.
They sat them down to weep.
Sit you down, father; rest you.

Seat

To fix; to set firm.
From their foundations, loosening to and fro,They plucked the seated hills.

Sit

To suit (well or ill); to become.

Seat

To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.

Sit

Be standing; be upright;
We had to stand for the entire performance!

Seat

To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.

Sit

Sit around, often unused;
The object sat in the corner

Seat

To rest; to lie down.

Sit

Take a seat

Seat

A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane);
He booked their seats in advance
He sat in someone else's place

Sit

Be in session;
When does the court of law sit?

Seat

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
He deserves a good kick in the butt
Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?

Sit

Assume a posture as for artistic purposes;
We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often

Seat

Furniture that is designed for sitting on;
There were not enough seats for all the guests

Sit

Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions;
She never sat a horse!
Did you ever ride a camel?
The girl liked to drive the young mare

Seat

Any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit);
He dusted off the seat before sitting down

Sit

Work or act as a baby-sitter;
I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do

Seat

A center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

Sit

Show to a seat; assign a seat for;
The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith

Seat

The cloth covering for the buttocks;
The seat of his pants was worn through

Seat

Show to a seat; assign a seat for;
The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith

Seat

Be able to seat;
The theater seats 2,000

Seat

Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;
There was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy

Seat

Put a seat on a chair

Seat

Provide with seats;
Seat a concert hall

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